Yesterday a few fellow teachers and I went into explore the Confucian Temple in Jiading and then spent the rest of the afternoon/evening at the World Expo in Shanghai. It was the most beautiful day I've seen in China so far. Before going into the Confucian Temple we sat down for some lunch right across the street and had a very good conversation with a Chinese Engineer. The conversation swapped between Chinese and English frequently and he was very excited and happy to talk with us after he learned we were teaching English here for a year and are taking a China trip now. The company he works for sells parts to GM. He is a big fan of Maradona and is going to come play soccer (I've started calling it football over here) with some Australian teachers, some Chinese students, and us this Thursday. There's a pagoda outside of the Confucian Temple that we climbed and you could see all the way to downtown Shanghai! Most of the exhibits in and outside of the Confucian temple were describing the Imperial Examination system of China. The system originated from the Han Dynasty and lasted 1300 years (a looooong time) until the end of the Qing (pronounced ching) dynasty. The Imperial Examination system was an exam to test if one was worthy of being a public official. The most common examination was an eight-legged essay. Those taking the exam were strictly observed and examination times could range to a few weeks. The World Expo was huge and full of people. To think that the entire area will be used for different development projects in several months blows my mind. We walked around and saw the outside of most countries pavilions, but had the pleasure to venture into a few such as: North Korea and Iran. Later we will visit Xi’an.
2010年8月8日星期日
World Expo in Shanghai
Yesterday a few fellow teachers and I went into explore the Confucian Temple in Jiading and then spent the rest of the afternoon/evening at the World Expo in Shanghai. It was the most beautiful day I've seen in China so far. Before going into the Confucian Temple we sat down for some lunch right across the street and had a very good conversation with a Chinese Engineer. The conversation swapped between Chinese and English frequently and he was very excited and happy to talk with us after he learned we were teaching English here for a year and are taking a China trip now. The company he works for sells parts to GM. He is a big fan of Maradona and is going to come play soccer (I've started calling it football over here) with some Australian teachers, some Chinese students, and us this Thursday. There's a pagoda outside of the Confucian Temple that we climbed and you could see all the way to downtown Shanghai! Most of the exhibits in and outside of the Confucian temple were describing the Imperial Examination system of China. The system originated from the Han Dynasty and lasted 1300 years (a looooong time) until the end of the Qing (pronounced ching) dynasty. The Imperial Examination system was an exam to test if one was worthy of being a public official. The most common examination was an eight-legged essay. Those taking the exam were strictly observed and examination times could range to a few weeks. The World Expo was huge and full of people. To think that the entire area will be used for different development projects in several months blows my mind. We walked around and saw the outside of most countries pavilions, but had the pleasure to venture into a few such as: North Korea and Iran. Later we will visit Xi’an.
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